Fraternity-Testvériség, 1953 (31. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1953-10-01 / 10. szám
TESTVÉRISÉG 5 “SO HELP LS GODr MEMORANDUM Presented to Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America October 7, 1953 The American Hungarian Federation, a voluntary central representative organization of churches, fraternal and civic associations of Hungarian origin, was established for the primary purpose of expressing the genuine convictions and true aspirations of Americans of Hungarian descent. The duly elected directors, with constitutionally delegated state and district leaders of the various civic organizations, convened in the District of Columbia on the 6th and 7th days of October, 1953, at the Sixteenth Triennial Convention of the Federation, commemorating: First: The heroic sacrifices of our soldiers in Korea; Second: The Centennial of the Hungarian language press in the United States; Third: The hallowed memories of the martyrs of the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, executed on October 6, 1849; deem it necessary to publish the following unanimous RESOLUTION WHEREAS, The theme of the Sixteenth Triennial Convention of the American Hungarian Federations is: “Our Share of Responsibilities to Preserve American Freedom”; WHEREAS, Recalling the noble memories of our American pioneer ancestors: Colonel Commandant Michael Kováts, of the famous Pulaski Legion; Governor Louis Kossuth, who was heralded by Waldo Emerson as the “Angel of Peace,” and the multitude of Lincoln’s Hungarian heroes, whose heroic deeds and traditions still inspire the spirit of the million citizens of Hungarian descent; THEREFORE, We solemnly declare that with firm conviction and with undivided loyalty the Hungarians of the United States identify themselves with every decision of the President of the United States and of our Government which aims to insure the freedom of America, protects the independence of her citizens and guarantees the rights of the individuals. We believe with the Great Emancipator, that we cannot live in a world which is half free and half slave; Therefore: 1. WE RESPECTFULLY INVITE again the attention of our President and of the Government of the United States to the intolerably inhuman conditions which exist behind the Iron Curtain of Europe, where the captive millions of the victim nations are deprived of every individual and political freedom — and request that upon the basis of those agreements which we, one-sidedly, continually respected, the Government of the United States demand and order through the respective channels the immediate evacuation of Red Soviet Armies from the victim countries, like Hungary and her innocent neighbors. Giving assurance to the still captive nations, among them to the people of Hungary, who proved their anti-communist sentiments in two past national elections, that they shall be free to establish the form of government of their own choice. 2. WE ARE CONVINCED that the new and healthy order of the world must be built on justice and mercy, and because we believe that the seeds of World War II were sown by the unjust and merciless peace treaties, we request the just revision and equitable adjustment of those provisions of the peace treaties which are offensive to most Eastern and Central European peoples, and especially to the people of Hungary, paralyzed by the Treaty of Versailles and made victims of both wars, rather than the cause or the criminal of them. We hope and believe in the possibility of such a just revision because the Soviet has never respected the human provisions of the Peace Treaty agreed upon after World War II, but on the contrary, robbed the sovereign people of Hungary of their independence and freedom, and autocratically broke or eliminated all human provisions of the Treaty. 3. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE, that the Hungarian nation, from which we derive óur ancestry, and the genius and aspiration of which are well known to us, sincerely desires her ancient freedom, independence, peaceful cooperation with her neighbors and equality among T
